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Strong mag. 6.3 earthquake - South Pacific Ocean on Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 7:06 pm (GMT +12) -

Strong magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 590 km depth

22 May 07:14 UTC: First to report: GFZ after 8 minutes.
22 May 07:16: Magnitude recalculated from 5.9 to 6.0. Epicenter location corrected by 12 km (7.5 mi) towards W.
22 May 07:27: Hypocenter depth recalculated from 573.0 to 592.0 km (from 356 to 368 mi). Epicenter location corrected by 20 km (12 mi) towards NW.
22 May 07:27: Now using data updates from USGS

Earthquake details

Date & time	May 22, 2022 07:06:27 UTC -
Local time at epicenter	Sunday, May 22, 2022 at 7:06 pm (GMT +12)
Status	Confirmed
Magnitude	6.3
Depth	589.5 km
Epicenter latitude / longitude	26.214°S / 178.3915°E
Antipode	26.214°N / 1.608°W
Shaking intensity	Not felt
Felt	0 reports
Primary data source	USGS (United States Geological Survey)
Nearest volcano	###NEARESTVOLCANO2###
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Weather at epicenter at time of quake	Overcast Clouds 21.1°C (70 F), humidity: 79%, wind: 7 m/s (14 kts) from ESE
Estimated seismic energy released	1.8 x 10¹⁴ joules (49.4 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 42502 tons of TNT or 2.7 atomic bombs!) \| about seismic energy

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Data for the same earthquake reported by different agencies

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Mag.	Depth	Location	Source
6.3	590 km	South of the Fiji Islands	USGS
6.3	580 km	SOUTH OF FIJI ISLANDS	EMSC
6.3	590 km	South of Fiji Islands	RaspberryShake
6.2	606 km	South of Fiji Islands [Sea]	INGV
5.8	554 km	Near Auckland	RENASS
6.3	582 km	South of Fiji Islands	GeoAu
6.3	592 km	South of Fiji Islands	GFZ

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Seismic station: Tucson, Arizona (TUC/IU network) | Distance from quake: 9925 km / 6167 mi | Show on map | Station Info

Seismic station Tucson, Arizona: vertical movement plot around time of quake (source: IRIS/BUD)

Seismogram (vertical component) around time of quake. Thin dotted red line indicates time of quake. Seismic waves arrive some time later, depending on distance. Bandpass filter applied: 0.02-2.0 Hz. Source: IRIS Buffer of Uniform Data (BUD) webtool

User reports for this quake (1)

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